Monument to the Unknown Washerwoman

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on May 31, 2009 at 7:02 am

If the unknown soldier has a tomb, then what about the unknown washerwoman? Here’s a whimsical art installation titled Monument to the Unknown Washerwoman (2005) by Bulgarian artist Pravdoliub Ivanov: Link – via VVORK

 
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A Monument of Post-Apocalyptic Instructions

Posted by John Farrier in Architecture on April 26, 2009 at 8:37 pm

In 1979, an anonymous group erected a massive stone structure in Elbert County, Georgia. This modern-day stonehenge is more than twenty feet tall and arranged to serve as a calendar and a clock. Its slabs have instructions in eight languages for reconstructing society after the collapse of civilization. The instructions are more philosophical than technological, but perhaps nonetheless prudent:

PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT. AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES. PRIZE TRUTH—BEAUTY—LOVE—SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE. BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH—LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE—LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE.

If you were composing brief instructions for survivors of the collapse of civilization, what would you write?

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